La prima frazione della Tre Giorni di La Panne 2012 ha visto trionfare Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) in uno sprint serratissimo, in cui ha battuto di un soffio Jacopo Guarnieri (Pro Team Astana). Il campione slovacco è, di conseguenza, il primo leader della generale.
Sagan ha potuto contare sull’appoggio di tutto il team Liquigas, che ha lavorato per portarlo nelle migliori condizioni possibili alla volata finale. Daniel Oss (che aveva tentato anche un’azione personale) e Fabio Sabatini (giunto poi terzo) sono stati due tra gli atleti più attivi. A poco sono valsi i tentativi dell’Astana e dell’ Omega Pharma-Quick Step (soprattutto con Niki Terpstra e Sylvain Chavanel), che hanno cercato in tutti i modi di evitare questa conclusione.
Guarnieri (che lo scorso anno vinse una tappa proprio in questa corsa) ha comunque disputato un’ottima volata e solo nel finale ha subito la prepotente rimonta di Sagan, già alla terza vittoria stagionale.
Oggi è in programma la seconda tappa, 216,1 km da Zottegem a Koksijde.
La corsa è visibile in diretta su Rai Sport2 a partire dalle ore 14.45.
Ordine d’arrivo prima tappa (Middelkerke – Oudenaarde, 201,6 km):
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 4:33:41
2 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
3 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
5 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
7 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
8 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
9 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat
10 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
11 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
12 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
13 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) GreenEdge Cycling Team
14 Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
15 Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp
16 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
17 James Van Landschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
18 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Katusha Team
19 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
20 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
21 Leif Hoste (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
22 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
23 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
24 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Project 1t4i
25 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
26 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan
27 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
28 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
29 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
30 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
31 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
32 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
33 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
34 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
35 Bert De Backer (Bel) Project 1t4i
36 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp
37 Luke Durbridge (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
38 Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
39 Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan
40 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
41 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team
42 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team
43 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
44 Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
45 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
46 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
47 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
48 Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team
49 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
50 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
51 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:34
52 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
53 Kurt Hovelienck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony 0:06:11
54 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
55 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
56 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team
57 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
58 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
59 Daniele Colli (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
60 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp
61 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
62 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) RusVelo
63 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – ISD
64 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
65 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team
66 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
67 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
68 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
69 Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo
70 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
71 Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
72 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
73 Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD 0:09:26
74 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
75 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
76 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 0:09:33
77 Jérome Baugnies (Bel) Team NetApp
78 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
79 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:13:02
80 Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
81 Brian Vandborg (Den) Spidertech Powered By C10
82 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
83 Jonathan Breyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
84 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
85 Travis Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
86 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
87 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Project 1t4i
88 Nelson Oliveira (Por) RadioShack-Nissan
89 Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
90 Lazlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
91 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
92 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
93 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Project 1t4i
94 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
95 Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
96 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Project 1t4i
97 Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
98 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
99 Victor Manakov (Rus) RusVelo
100 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Project 1t4i
101 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
102 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
103 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
104 Rob Goris (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
105 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
106 Kevin Claeys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
107 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team
108 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
109 Cheng Ji (Chn) Project 1t4i
110 Clinton Avery (NZl) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
111 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
112 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
113 Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
114 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
115 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
116 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
117 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
118 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
119 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
120 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Katusha Team
121 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team
122 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
123 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
124 Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) RusVelo
125 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team
126 Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
127 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar
128 Andrea Di Corrado (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
129 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
130 Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
131 Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
132 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NetApp
133 Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
134 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
135 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
136 Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre – ISD
137 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
138 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
139 Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
140 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
141 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Team Europcar
142 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar
143 Grégory Habeaux (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
144 Said Haddou (Fra) Team Europcar
145 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
146 Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
147 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
148 Yohann Gené (Fra) Team Europcar
149 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
150 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat
151 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
152 Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
153 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp
154 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp
155 Sergueï Klimov (Rus) RusVelo
156 Andre Schulze (Ger) Team NetApp
157 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
158 Hugo Houle (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
159 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
160 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
161 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
162 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
163 Nikita Eskov (Rus) RusVelo
164 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team
165 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
166 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team
167 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
168 Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
169 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo
170 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
171 Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
172 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
173 Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
174 Kevin Lacombe (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
175 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
176 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
177 Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i
178 Reiner Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony 0:13:25
DNF George Bennett (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan
DNF Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
DNF Christian Delle Stelle (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox
DNF Jason McCartney (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF Nikolay Zhurkin (Rus) RusVelo
DNF Will Routley (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
DNF William Clarke (Aus) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
DNS Robert Wagner (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan
DNS Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNS Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team
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